Ada apa dengan "Naim"

Since I was toddler, I am introduced by my parent as “Naim”. I didn’t know how I feel to be called by that name, until I entered primary school. I realized, whenever I introduced myself as “Naim”, my frens especially boys will respond ..

“Eee..nape panggil naim? Macam nama laki..”

Or

“Naim..bukan tu nama laki ke?..”

Or..

Girls response..”Naim?..pelik la nama..”

Sampai masuk secondary school pun , people will respond with the same question whenever I introduce myself. Jadi macam tak puas hati pulak. Memang nama Naim tu nama lelaki ke? As I am very honored with my name, I never thought that the name “Naim” is specifically for men je. Another thing is my name is not only Naim je..ada panjang lg kt depan tu hah. Im not embarrassed at all to be called as Naim, but im tired to answer the question for the thousands time ..“Nama tu bukan nama laki la, kalau tak mak bapak aku tak bubuh la nama tu kat aku yang pompuan ni..”..geram gile!

As I grow older, eden dah tak suke nak introduce myself as Naim. I changed to “Janna”. Instead of calling the last suku kata of my name, I swap to the first suku kata. Some of my school frens n some college frens who used to call me Naim, wonder how my name is now called as Janna. It is answered!

I prefer to be called as Janna. I feel like Im really being myself whenever people call me Janna. And im grateful that my parent, my father specifically give me a beautiful name with beautiful meaning too!